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EWWW Image Optimizer <= 7.2.0 — Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via Debug Log

CVE-2023-40600Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤7.2.0Update to 7.2.1 or newer

All remediation steps
Watch plugin
Severity
Medium5.3
CVSS
5.3
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:N Privileges required
None
UI:N User interaction
None
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:L Confidentiality
Low
I:N Integrity
None
A:N Availability
None
Weakness
CWE-200 Information Exposure
Required access
No account needed
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
On this page8

Am I affected?

EWWW Image Optimizer ewww-image-optimizer

  1. Affected≤ 7.2.0
  2. Patched in7.2.1

Update to 7.2.1 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 7.2.0. Version 7.2.1 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under EWWW Image Optimizer.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
  • No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.

What to do

  1. Update to version 7.2.1, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch EWWW Image Optimizer to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Kévin Mosbahi (Mika).

The EWWW Image Optimizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 7.2.0 via the debug_log function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive debug data when debug logging is enabled.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

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Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity medium, CVSS 5.3

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
[object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
VulnCrest content
Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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